The Berkeley Revolution
A digital archive of the East Bay's transformation in the late-1960s & 1970s
PROJECTS
The Flatlands’ War on Poverty
Berkeley Women’s Music Collective
The Asian Community Library
The Black Panthers’ Education Revolution
The Integral Urban House
The Countercultural Kitchen
A Place for Every Body
The Secret History of Recycling
Pacific Center
Threads of Rebellion
Citizens vs. Developers
The Women and Girls of Telegraph Ave
Berkeley’s Public Schools
The Rainbow Sign
The Third World Liberation Front
Transgender Berkeley
PEOPLE
Nacio Jan Brown, photographer
Mary Ann Pollar, activist and impresario
PLACES
Telegraph Avenue
The Keystone
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Archive for August, 1970
NACHO Protest
Archive Entry Date: 8/28/1970
The tensions between the homophile groups and Gay Liberation come to a head at the North American Conference of Homophile Organizations
Solidarity with the Black Panther Party
Archive Entry Date: 8/8/1970
A Letter from Huey P. Newton in support of Gay and Women's Liberation galvanizes the movement and causes tension with the Gay Establishment
Electra Price
Archive Entry Date: 1970s
Rainbow Sign board member, best friend of Mary Ann Pollar, and community firestarter
Huey Newton Released from Prison
Archive Entry Date: 8/5/1970
When Huey Newton's manslaughter conviction was reversed, supporters held a rally upon his release
Gay Sunshine
Archive Entry Date: 8/1970
A radical newspaper for the Gay Liberation Front, based in Berkeley
Macy’s 40 Protests
Archive Entry Date: 8/1/1970
The Gay Liberation Front and the homophile groups unite and splinter over the protest of Macy's discriminatory policing practices